In light of recent altercations between journalists and community members at Mizzou working to protect protesters, Student Life finds it necessary to address the differences between the rights of photojournalists and our ethical responsibilities.

On Aug. 20, the Qatari news network Al Jazeera launched Al Jazeera America, a new cable news network directed at American domestic politics. This marks the global news organization’s foray into the American market, with the ability to reach more than 40 million households (compared to the 4.7 million of Al Jazeera English).

When asthma prevented him from serving his mandatory two-year military service in Singapore, freshman Lee Kwok Hao found his own place on the front line as a naval journalist.

Integral to a successful democracy is an educated public. Initially, one of the main educators of the public was the media. Upon the conception of the printing press, and later newspapers, the media were resources in order to become more educated on important events surrounding citizens, allowing them to make better and more educated political decisions.

Three new programs being offered by the University College this fall continue the school’s push toward professionally geared majors taught by men and women in the industry.

Last night, Barack Obama was re-elected. Whether or not this is a surprise to you might have something to do with whether you’ve been following the work of Nate Silver. His work, supported by Obama’s victory, marks a shift in reporting on elections toward a more numbers-based game. Silver—who is funded to speak at Wash. U.

Journalism is a dying industry; the evidence is all around us. StudLife is used as last minute wrapping paper for Secret Santa presents, and our own school doesn’t offer a journalism major. The world is acknowledging and acting upon the field’s protracted decline.

Joe Paterno died on Sunday morning. There is a chance, however, that you heard about it on Saturday night, when many news organizations reported that Paterno had died many hours before he actually did. The original report came from Onward State, Pennsylvania State University’s independent student news blog, which tweeted the erroneous information.